Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15117, Daniel Fenton, Mass. New York

SERVICE
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Mass New York
Franton Daniel
S. 15117
CONTENTS
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27.788
41.38
New York
Daniel Stanton
Columbia in the State of New York who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Hatch of the reg t commanded by Col  in the Massachusetts line for 15 months service and New York Service
Inscribed on the Roll of  at the rate of 58 Dollars  Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of Sept r 1834 and sent to Henry George  Stanton
Arrears to the 4th of Sept r 1834 $ 173.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending March 31 25.00 $200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. W. Bayl Clerk Book 82 Vol. 4 Page 23

State of New York, Columbia County ss. On this tenth day of August A.D. 1882. personally appeared before me Henry Woetoom a Judge of the County Courts of said County of Columbia Daniel Fenton a resident of the Town of Austrolika in the said County of Colum- bia and State of New York aged seventy six years in April last who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1882.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as here- in stated. That on or about the first of April in the year 1876 he enlis- ted as a volunteer in Great Barring- ton in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts in the com- pany of which John Shepherd was Captain & Silas Goodrich Lieutenant called as this Department supposed the Massachusetts militia. That he with said company marched from said Town of Barrington about the first of April in said year to Stockbridge in said State of Massachusetts & County of Berkshire thence to Bennington

in the State of Vermont - Thence to Whitehall in the State of New York thence to Ticonderoga & Crown Point in said State. Thence to Isle d'Orleans in St. Lawrence River, thence to St. Johns, Chambly & Sorell or three Rivers in Canada - thence back to Sorell & thence to Montreal where he was assigned to take charge of the sick & particularly of the ensign whose name was Stiles. The company then having been dissolved for the small force that he continued in charge of said ensign for five or six weeks until the said ensign died at a place called the Isle of Motts Some- where between the Isle d'Orleans & Crown Point - That at Crown Point he again joined his company and marched with them to Ticonderoga & Mount Independence in the State of New York - At the latter place his deponent was taken sick & was taken to the hospital on Lake George where he remained about a week & was then discharge- -ed about the first of September 1776 & came home - That this deponent & his company were not in connection with any other company or regiment until they

returned back from Canada to the State of New York - that the Cap- tain was absent from the said company at the time this de- ponent enlisted & this depo- nent did not see him until this deponent & his company arrived at Mount Independence on their return from Canada - that at Mount Independence this deponent's company joined the regiment commanded by Colonel Porter & Lieutenant Colo- nel Thomas Williams in Gen- eral Arnold's brigade - that this deponent at the time of said enlistment as a volunteer as aforesaid resided in said town of Great Barrington, County of Berkshire & State of Massachu- setts - this deponent during the time aforesaid of his enlistment & service was not in any battles that when this deponent left said hospital he had a written discharge from the doctor whose name he thinks was Watson which he has lost - that he has

no documentary evidence in re- lation to said service & that he knows of no person, except John Eastland of West Stockbridge in the County of Berkshire & State of Massachusetts, whose testimony he can procure and whose affidavit accompanies this declaration & deposition who can testify to his service aforesaid.
That about the first of Decem- ber 1876 this deponent again entered the service of the United States in the Massachu- setts militia as a substitute in the place of ——— Wells who was drafted for three months that said last enlistment was also in Great Barrington a- foresaid, this deponent noti- cing there at the time last men- tioned - that the company in which this deponent enlisted was commanded by Capt. Ebenezer Fitch together with this deponent they marched to Albany in the state of New York thence to Saratoga, thence to Fort Cana, thence to Skaneateles thence to Litchfield where he & they remained until the ex-

completion of their term of service in the month of March 1777 when the whole company left said place I returned home - that on their march to Ticonderoga they were joined by several companies viz one commanded by Capt Jar- gent of Stockbridge in the County of Berkshire & State of Massachusetts, - one commanded by Capt Rathbone of the Town of this Department or Village of Rich- mond in the County & State last aforesaid. another commanded by Capt Mathews & several other companies whose officers this respondent cannot partic- ularly recollect - that at Ticon- deroga the Regiment was com- manded by Col Simonds, Major Boays & was under the com- mand of Genl. Brayn's brigade - that this respondent & his company during the time last mentioned were in no battles or engagements. that he received no written dis- charge for said last term of service that he has no documentary evi- dence in relation to it & that he knows of no person except

Gains Tremain whose affidavit ac- -companies this declaration and deposition whose testimony he can procure who can testify in relation to the last men- -tioned term of service.
That sometime in the fore part of April 1777 this deponent at that time residing in Stonestown in the County of Albany (now Columbia) in the State of New York again entered the service of the United States un- -der the following named officers & served as herein stated to wit - that he was drafted as one of the militia of the State of New York for the term of nine months & joined his company at the city of Albany. which company was commanded by Capt. Joseph Boyer royal sergeants Kennedy, Butler & Riddell. Said company there- joined the regiment commanded by Col. Van Rensselaer - remained in Albany for a month or six weeks when a portion of the regiment & of this deponent's company and among the rest this deponent were drafted to go to German Flatts & Fort Herkimer. They accordingly went under the command of Col. Van Rensselaer travelling through Schenectady

Johnstown, Little Falls to. Fort Kirkimer & Garman Flatts where they & this deponent remained without being in any actual engagement guarding the fron- -tier & protecting the inhabi- -tants until the expiration of their term of service on the first day of January 1880 when they were dismissed & went home. This deponent received no writ- -ten discharge & has no documen- -tary evidence in relation to said last term of service & knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to said term of service except Gains Foreman whose knowledge & information concerning it is embraced in the affidavit hereto annexed of the said Foreman.
And the said David Ginton hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state and that he has never in any way received any pension or annu- -ity for his term of service a- -foresaid or any portion thereof.

And he further declares under oath that he resides twenty two or thirty three miles from any court of record in the county of Columbia where he resides & that he is unable from bodily infirmity to appear in Court or travel that distance.
And the said Daniel Denton being hereupon interrogated by the said Judge under oath returns the following answers to the interrogatories required to be put to him by the direction of the Secretary of War of the United States & the regulations of the War Department & the Pension Office to wit: Answer 1 st . I was born in the town of Hford County of Berkshire & State of Massachusetts on the 20 th day of April in the year 1758.
Answer 2 d . I have no record of my age and never had any.
Answer 3 d . When first called into service & during the first two periods of service above mentioned I lived in the town of Great Barrington in the County of Berkshire & State of Massachusetts. At the last mentioned period of service I lived in Spencertown (now town of Austerlitz) in the County of Albany (now Columbia) in the State of

New York where I have lived ever since I now live.
Answer 4 th I was called into service for the first period above mentioned in my declaration a deposition as a volunteer - for the second period as a substitute for a man by the name of Mills whose christian name I do not recollect but who at that time resided in the aforesaid town of Great Barrington County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts - for the third period of service above mentioned I was drafted for the term of nine months and served during that length of time.
Answer 5 th During my first period of service my captain's name was John Shepard, my lieutenant's name Silas Goodrich - it was only at Mount Independence that I was connected with a regiment which was Colonel Porter's & Lieutenant Col. Thomas Williams. & the brigade Gen. Arnold's - during the second period my captain's name was Fitch & the regiment at Ticonderoga was commanded by Colonel Simonds, Hays was

The major & the brigade was under the command of General Wayne. during the third period my Captain s name was Joseph Rogers, my Colonel's name Van Rensselaer. I saw no regiments except my own unless at Goshenroga. I do not recollect their names. during my first service I was principally employed in marching & in attendance upon the sick - du- ring my second service I was principally employed in march- ing & in cutting logs in & about the fort at Goshenroga - during my third service, in marching & in guarding the frontier & in pro- tecting the inhabitants.
Answer 6th I never received any discharge from the service except during my first period of service from the doctor at Mount Independence - evidence - that discharge I have lost - for my other periods of service I received no discharge whatever.
Answer 7th I refer to Rev Timothy Wood- bridge, Moses Tracy, Jacob Ford Isaac Smith, Lewis Bristol, Hains Mountain, Robert Westover, Theoph- ilus Westover, David T. Walling Judah Walling, as persons to whom

I am known in my present neighborhood & who can testify to my character for veracity & their belief of my services as a soldier of the revolution. In presence of his Daniel T. Fenton H. Hogeboom mark
State of New York, Columbia County. Person- -ally appeared before me Henry Geog- -room a Judge of the county courts of said county on this 10 th day of August 1832 the above named Daniel Newton & made oath in due form of law to the truth of the foregoing declaration to which he affixed his mark in my presence & I do further certify that the said Daniel Newton is unable from bodily infirmity to attend any court of record in said county of Co- -lumbia.
State of New York Columbia County ss. Mr Timothy Woodbridge a Clergyman resi- -ding in the Town of Hushkill in said county & Hosea Harvey residing in the same place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Fenton who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration - that we believe him to be seventy six years of age - that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that we concur in that opinion & also that said Fenton is a man of veracity & good moral character Given under Timothy X Woodbridge

State of New York, Columbia County ss. On the 10 th day of August 1832 the above named Isaac Torrey who subscribed the above affidavit in my presence & the above named Timothy Woodbridge who affixed his mark thereto in my presence (I having subscribed his name thereto at his request in consequence of his inability to write the same by reason of blindness) personally appeared before me & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit in due form of law.
H. Hoveboom Judge Columbia County Courts
And the said Judge do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of this matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states & was especially after taking the affidavits of James Forman hereto annexed & examining & considering the affidavit of John Eastland also hereto annexed And I do further certify that it appears to me that Timothy Woodbridge who has affixed his mark to the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Housatonic County of Columbia & State of New York & that Isaac Torrey who has signed the same is a resident of the same place & that both are credible persons & their statements entitled to full credit. And I do further certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings before me in the matter of the application of Daniel Henton for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 10 th day of August A.D. 1832.
Henry Hoveboom Judge Columbia Co. Courts.

15117 INVALID.
File No. 15117
Daniel Henton
Brn. Br. War
Act: June 1 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 123
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New York
ad. eoi.
Washington
Court of Sessions
J. J. Chambers Esq.

Secretary's Office, July 5 th 1834.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the roll of Capt. John Shepherd's Company, in Col. Porter's Regt. in 1776, (as described by Daniel Fenton who claims for services under the above named Officers in 1776,) is not found in this Office.
Daniel Fenton claims for services under Capt. Ephraim Fitch, in Col. Simmons' Regt. in 1776, but the roll he describes is not found in this Office.
Edward D. Bangs. Secy

Daniel Pratt ad e Evidence
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Henry Hogaborn Esq r Hudson Columbia County N.Y.

J. S. Edwards Esq.
Sir
Herewith I send you a certificate yesterday received from Boston in relation to the services of Daniel Benton for whom I made application for a pension a long time since. I received a letter from you (under date of 7 th November last) directing application to be made at the Office of the Sec y of State of Massachusetts for information relative to the services of Benton. This was soon afterwards done & I waited several months for an answer not receiving one, I recently wrote to Boston for information & rec d a reply stating that a certificate had been only forwarded to me in February last. That certificate I never received & accordingly wrote again, in answer to which I received the certificate on this sheet which it somewhat surprises me to find contains no record of Benton's services. As I am informed the militia rolls of that State are very imperfect it does not militate against the representation made by Mr. Benton to the Department of War of his services. Though I have not had until lately any acquaintance with Mr. Benton I am informed he is a man of strict integrity & veracity & Mr. Woodbridge the clergyman who certifies to his character I know to be a man of the most estimable character. I hope Mr. Benton's application (which has been so long & unavoidable delayed) will now receive an early & favorable consideration.
Very respectfully Yours &c Henry H. Hovey Hudson July 4. 1834

No 4138
Daniel Fenton
Daniel Fenton
On roll of Capt Fitch
Company, must #
D Ent 16 Dec 1775
5 Mos in Col Porters reg
3 " " Lieut Fitch's Comp
7 " " Col Van Rensselaers
15
Admitted
Parvate 15 months

I John Eastland of West Stockbridge in the County of Berkshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy seventy three being duly sworn do depose & say that I know Daniel Fenton now resident at Schuylerville in the County of Columbia & State of New York & have generally lived within a few miles of here since the American Revolution - that about the last of March or first of April in the year 1776 said Fenton & myself entered in the company commanded by Capt John Shepherd of Westfield & Lieutenant Silas Goodrich of Great Barrington in the Massachusetts Militia, & were mustered or joined said company about the same time & marched from there to Stockbridge in said County of Berkshire & then to Pownington, Skaneateles (now called Whitehall) in the State of New York, Tiendaroque (now called Crown Point - St Johns, Chamblen, Soule, & then Olsons - said company was joined to Col Porters Regiment, that I was personally knowing to said Daniel Fentons doing duty as a soldier in the Army of the Revolution in the company aforesaid from the time of his enlistment aforesaid, until he was discharged on account of sickness about the month of September following as I understood & verily believe -  his John Eastland mark
Berkshire County ss. August 4 th 1832 The aforesaid John Eastland made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me -
Robbins Kellogg Justice of the peace
Berkshire County ss. October 11 th 1833 the above named Robbins Kellogg Justice of the peace before whom the above affidavit of John Eastland was taken hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said John Eastland that he is a person of good character and veracity & a credible witness & that his statements are entitled to full credit  Robbins Kellogg Justice of the peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Berkshires. I, Chas. Sedgwick a Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, sitting a Court of Record in the County of Berkshire, do hereby certify that Robbins Kellogg Esquire before whom the within affidavit was executed is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Berkshire. And I believe his name thereunto subscribed to be his true & proper signature - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Lenox on this tenth day of August one thousand eight hundred & thirty two. - Chas. Sedgwick Clerk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Berkshire ss. I, Chas. Sedgwick a Clerk of the Sup. Jud. Court for the said County of Berkshire do certify that Robbins Kellogg Esq. who has certified to the credibility of John Earland under the date of 11. October instant is a Justice of the Peace within the said County & that the signature to said certificate on the other side purporting to be his, is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court the Eleventh day of October A.D. 1833. Chas. Sedgwick Clerk

State of New York, Columbia County ss. Gains Tremain of the Town of Aus- terlitz in said county aged Eighty years being duly sworn deposes & says, that he is well ac- -quainted with Daniel Fenton of said Town of Austerlitz - that he was in the same company with him at Liconderoga - that he then deponent did not join said company until they had reached Liconderoga - that said Fenton left this part of the country about the first of December 1776 & was reported to have gone with the said company from Great Barring- -ton in the state of Massachusetts - that this deponent has no doubt that he did so go - that about the middle of the winter & the latter part of Janu- -ary this deponent reached Licon- -deroga & joined the company in which said Fenton then was commanded by Captain Ephraim Fitch - that he this deponent & said Fenton re- -mained with said company at Liconderoga doing the ordinary duties of soldiers until they were discharged in March 1777 - that in April 1779 this deponent resided near said Fenton & well remembers that at or about that time he was drafted for some military service in the New York militia - that said Fenton left Spencertown about that time & was reported to have gone

to Albany to join his company there that he remained absent about nine months & was reported during that time to have been in the service as one of the New York Militia & this deponent has no doubt of the fact - that said Fenton is a man of veracity & good character & entitled to full credit under oath.
more to subscribe before me this 10th day of August 1832
Gaius Freeman
H. Hoagboom
Judge Columbia Co. Courts
Columbia County ss. I the above named Henry Hoagboom before whom the above affida- vit of Gaius Freeman & the annexed dec- laration of Daniel Fenton under oath were taken do hereby certify that I am acquainted both with the said Gaius Freeman & the said Daniel Fenton & that they are men of veracity & good moral character & credible persons & their statements entitled to full credit. Dated October 15. 1833
H. Hoagboom.

State of New York, Columbia County ss. I Joseph D Monell Clerk of the said County of Columbia & of the County Courts of said County, being courts of record do hereby certify that Henry Hogeboom is a Judge of the County Courts of said County which are courts of record. That I am well acquainted with his handwriting & that the signatures of his name hereto prefixed are to the affidavit of Gains Forman, the dec- laration of Daniel Hinton, the certifi- cate of Timothy Woodbridge & Hosea Par- ry & the general certificate ap- pended to the whole procee- dings are his genuine sig- natures. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the said courts & of the said County this 11 th day of August A. D. 1832
J. D. Monell
6th
State of New York Columbia County ss. I Joseph D Monell Clerk of Columbia County & of the Court of Common Pleas of said County hereby certify that the signature "H. Hogeboom" to the certificate of the credibility of Gains Forman & Daniel Hinton herein above contained under date of October 15. 1833 is the genuine signature of said Hogeboom & that he is the same person referred to & spoken of in my former certificate hereto prefixed under date of 11 th August 1832. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court & County this 15 th day of October 1833.
J. D. Monell

Oct 28 Oct 28 Daniel Franklin N.Y.
RECEIVED J. J. Camanes Esq. Comt of Prisons Washington City

Tadoussac. Oct 25. 1834.
Sir, Yours of the 8 th August last, relative to Daniel Hentons paper stating that there was no evidence in the Department of 9 th mo d service in State of New York under Capt. Bout or Col. Van Rens r . I directing a application to be made for that purpose to the Secretary of State of this State was duly rec d . in August last but a determination to make a personal search in the Office of our Secretary of State which I have now for the first time been able to make prevented an earlier reply. The records in that Office seem to be quite imperfect. I directed a certificate to be made & herewith enclose it, of some officers very nearly resembling in name those to which your inquiry relates & I should infer them to be the persons intended. The memory of these revolutionary veterans is in many cases indistinct. It is not improbable that Mr. Henton may have mistaken Bogert for Bout & that he may not have heard the Christian names of the officers sufficiently often to refer to them correctly. The year, the season of the year, the nature of the service & in general the surnames of the officers seem to be correctly stated by him.
Very respectfully &c Henry Haggoom
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